Pakistan has
denied a report it is in talks to buy between six and eight nuclear reactors
from China in a deal worth up to $10bn (£5.8bn).
Britain's Financial Times newspaper quoted an official saying construction
could begin in 2015 and take 10 years.

Such a deal would add more than 4,000 megawatts of
electricity to Pakistan's national grid, the paper said.

But a spokeswoman said that while Pakistan was considering
more nuclear energy, the FT report was "baseless".

'Peaceful'

"As our economy is expanding we require more energy
and we remain interested in acquiring safe nuclear energy," Tasneem
Aslam of the Pakistani foreign ministry told the BBC.

"But the report about Pakistan's talks with China
regarding six to eight nuclear reactors is baseless.

"Since this report has also given specifics of
the so-called talks we want to clarify that the report is not true."

Pakistan already has two nuclear reactors, and began
building a third with Chinese help at Chashma in Punjab province last week.

At the time Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said
Pakistan would import two further 600MW plants from China.

"Co-operation between China and Pakistan in nuclear
energy for peaceful use will increase in the future," he added.

Proliferation fears

Concerns rose over Pakistan's nuclear activities after
a top scientist admitted in 2004 to leaking secrets.

Dr AQ Khan shocked the nation and sparked international
alarm when he publicly confessed to sharing nuclear technology with North
Korea, Libya and Iran.

In September Pakistan urged the US and other Western
countries to help it develop civilian nuclear technology to meet its growing
energy needs.

Observers say concerns over the illegal trading of
nuclear technology from Pakistan - technology which could be used to make
weapons - have made it difficult for Islamabad to secure agreement on nuclear
collaboration.

Pakistan has sought to allay fears, saying its civilian
nuclear plants are run under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) supervision.

The country also has a nuclear-weapon and missile technology
programme, and conducted its first nuclear weapons tests in 1998, more than
a decade after rival India built its first nuclear weapon.

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